Blogs A Special Place in Hell by Bradley Burston Come visit Israel. Before it's gone. You're going to have to hurry. By Bradley Burston 15/11/11 I have a nephew who's never seen Israel. I have young cousins, and friends and children of friends, who have never been here, but who have long wanted to come […]
Last month I was invited as a guest to a reunion of former Assistant and Deputy Attorneys General from the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Pulitzer-Prize-winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch and civil rights activists Julian Bond and Robert Moses also attended. […]
Israel to Palestine: "You are Damned if You Do, and Damned if You Don't" NEW YORK — Nov. 3, 2011 — The Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA)* (IPMN) condemns the announcement by the Israeli government to accelerate expansion of settlement construction and financially sanction the Palestinian Authority as a response to […]
While we work toward peace, can we ignore the ongoing human tragedy in the Holy Land? Anne K. Lynn Somehow, it was not obvious to me that Christians in the Holy Land, descendents of the Apostles, are Palestinian. Those blond Jesus images from childhood take a long time to erase. Palestinian Christians did not convert […]
EPF/PIN talk, Chicago Kathleen Christison October 18, 2011 THE PROBLEM WITH ‘BALANCE’ Everyone in this room, I’m sure, has heard the injunction that those of us who speak for justice for the Palestinians must be “balanced.” Balanced, the great Middle East buzzword—usually meaning that, if we criticize Israel, we must also criticize the Palestinians equally. […]
10/20/11 Daoud Kuttab For most observers, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is one of raw politics. Most people familiar with the conflict take one side or another, maybe even becoming fanatical in their defense of their side. Usually, those who support the Palestinian cause do so because of a personal connection, because of a visit to Palestinian […]
A City on Fire There was a city on fire. People in the city were unable to put the fire out. Many were burned, and many died from their burns. This alarmed people in neighboring cities. And they came to see what was happening in the city on fire. These visitors took pictures and talked […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a Pastoral Letter on Israeli-Palestinian Peace. A PASTORAL LETTER ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE On the holy mountain stands the city he has founded; The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Of Zion it shall be said, “Everyone was born in […]
(This debate, organized by our Seattle friends, took place on Monday evening, September 19, 2011. It is summarized here by Doug Thorpe, professor at Washington's Seattle Pacific University.) It was a rare opportunity to listen to Mark Rosenblum and Ilan Pappe talk, debate and argue for close to two hours with a small group of […]
The following letter, dated September 17, was circulated by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on September 19, 2011. Dear Mr. President: Just think for a minute—what would happen if the United States abstained when the Palestinian question comes before the UN Security Council in the next week or two? The resolution would pass. […]
As September 2011 approaches, we would like to ask our friends to remember the Palestinian people in their prayers so that our leadership would be guided into the best possible course of action in the coming weeks for the service of peace in the region and the world. The idea of going to the United […]
The idea of the Palestinian leadership going to the United Nations in order to press for full recognition of Palestine as a state has run into many complexities. Sabeel would like to reiterate that after sixty years since the original conflict over Palestine, it is time for the international community to push for the liberation […]
